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AE2 Search Optimization
A mod for AE2UEL, improving the smoothness of AE2 terminal search and adding a handy recent search history feature
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Game version 1.12.2
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AE2 Search Optimization ae2searchoptimization-1.0.5.jar targets 1.12.2 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.
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About this project
What does AE2 Search Optimization add?
AE2 Search Optimization
A Minecraft 1.12.2 client-side optimization mod for AE2UEL, improving the smoothness of AE2 terminal search and adding a handy recent search history feature.
Features
🔍 Search Performance Optimization
This mod optimizes the lag that occurs when searching in AE2 terminals with a large number of items while the Tooltip search feature is enabled, from two angles:
Tooltip Search Index When AE2's "Search Tooltips" option is enabled, the mod builds a tooltip text index for all items, allowing searches to match tooltip content quickly. Index generation is split into small per-tick time slices (at most 10ms per tick by default), avoiding the noticeable lag caused by a full tooltip scan in a single GUI refresh. Search results refresh automatically once the index is updated.
Search Query Cache Caches the repeated regex compilation and string splitting operations performed during a search, avoiding the expensive compilation overhead for every item and further reducing search latency.
Benchmark Tested in an AE terminal with 3.4k+ item types. Before optimization: the first search after opening a terminal froze for 1-2s; with "Standard Search" kept enabled, opening the terminal itself froze for 1-2s. After optimization: both freezes become nearly imperceptible. The trade-off is that, since tooltips need to be cached, the first search after opening a terminal gradually reveals tooltip search results within 1-2s (name search and subsequent searches are unaffected).
🕘 Recent Search History
Displays a recent search dropdown below the search box in AE2 terminals, making it easy to quickly reuse previous search terms. This feature is ported from AE2 Recent Search (MIT License, Copyright (c) 2026 zh5112).
- Favorites: Pin frequently used search terms to the top for priority display.
- Keyboard Navigation: Use the up/down arrow keys to quickly select between history entries.
- Apply on Click: Click a history entry to apply that search term directly.
- Delete Single / Clear All: Remove individual entries, or clear the entire history at once.
- Built-in Settings Panel: Open the settings page directly inside the AE2 container.
- Per-Player Storage: History is saved separately for each player, without interference.
- External Search Sync: Supports syncing with JEI.
Configuration
The config file is located at config/ae2searchoptimization.cfg and can be edited in-game or manually.
| Category | Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
performance |
searchOptimizationEnabled |
true |
Whether search performance optimization is enabled |
performance |
tooltipIndexBudgetMillis |
10 |
Maximum milliseconds spent generating the tooltip index per tick (range 1 ~ 1000). Higher values build the index faster but may cause slight lag. |
recentSearch |
maxVisibleEntries |
10 |
Maximum number of entries shown in the recent search dropdown. |
License
- The search optimization part of this mod is original code.
- The recent search history feature is ported from AE2 Recent Search and is licensed under the MIT License (Copyright (c) 2026 zh5112).
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ae2searchoptimization-1.0.5.jar
2 Sept 2026
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ae2searchoptimization-1.0.4.jar
1 Sept 2026
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ae2searchoptimization-1.0.3.jar
30 Aug 2026
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ae2searchoptimization-1.0.2.jar
28 Aug 2026
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ae2searchoptimization-1.0.1.jar
21 Aug 2026
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ae2searchoptimization-1.0.0.jar
18 Aug 2026
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